Data Description
The SM51 event is used in SAP to to display list of active application servers that have registered in the SAP message server. You can manage & display the status, users, work process in all application servers belonging to the SAP System.
Potential Use Cases
This event could be used in the following scenarios:
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Alert on long-running work processes.
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Alert on work process utilization.
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Correlate work process data with other data from the SAP environment including batch jobs, work process trace files, database processes, user experience transactions, etc.
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Visualize system utilization over time by work process type.
Splunk Event
The event will look like this in Splunk:
SAP Navigation
Log into the managed system and execute the SM51 transaction code. Double-click on the application server of interest.
The information on this screen is collected by the SM51 extractor. Select a work process of interest and hit the details button.
The information from this screen will also be collected by the SM51 extractor.
